Wesley Corpus

12. But what is properly implied in the question I do not mean, What did Jehu imply therein But, What should a follower of Christ understand thereby, when he proposes it to any of his brethren The first thing implied is this: Is thy heart right with God Dost thou believe his being and his perfections his eternity, immensity, wisdom, power his justice, mercy, and truth Dost thou believe that he now "upholdeth all things by the word of his power" and that he governs even the most minute, even the most noxious, to his own glory, and the good of them that love him hast thou a divine evidence, a supernatural conviction, of the things of God Dost thou "walk by faith not by sight" looking not at temporal things, but things eternal 13. Dost thou believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, "God over all, blessed for ever" Is he revealed in thy soul Dost thou know Jesus Christ and him crucified Does he dwell in thee, and thou in him Is he formed in thy heart by faith having absolutely disclaimed all thy own works, thy own righteousness, hast thou "submitted thyself unto the righteousness of God, which is by faith in Christ Jesus Art thou "found in him, not having thy own righteousness, but the righteousness which is by faith" And art thou, through him, "fighting the good fight of faith, and laying hold of eternal life" 14. Is thy faith filled with the energy of love Dost thou love God with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength Dost thou seek all thy happiness in him alone And dost thou find what thou seekest Does thy soul continually "magnify the Lord, and thy spirit rejoice in God thy Saviour" having learned "in everything to give thanks, dost thou find "it is a joyful and a pleasant thing to be thankful" Is God the centre of thy soul, the sum of all thy desires Art thou accordingly laying up thy treasure in heaven, and counting all things else dung and dross hath the love of God cast the love of the world out of thy soul Then thou art "crucified to the world;" thou art dead to all below; and thy "life is hid with Christ in God."